Obama hitting the road to sell his economic plan
Seeking an early victory on a top priority, President-elect Barack Obama is pitching workers in the ailing Midwest on his plan for some $825 billion in new spending and tax cuts to spur the troubled economy.
"Extreme Makeover" frontman Ty Pennington leans toward Mary Ann Riojas on Thursday as she addresses the crowd along Robinson Avenue in Fresno.
It took just three small words Thursday to enable Mary Ann Riojas and her four teenage children to enter a new world.
Former Fresno State offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier, shown working with quarterback Tom Brandstater, was lured by Washington to become the Huskies offensive coordinator.
The tradition, the facilities, the timing, the money -- all contributed to offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier's decision to leave Fresno State for Washington.
LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood is full of stories about directors who have had to deal with temperamental, fussy, spoiled actors with the attention span of a fruit fly. Mark Forbes deals with that every time he works on a movie. And he also has to be concerned
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Baseball card mania
Bernice Gallego sat down one day this summer and began listing items on eBay. She dug into a box and pulled out a baseball card. The card itself was dirty and wrinkled in a few places.
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The Sierra is a graveyard for aviators who misjudged its dangers — or simply ran out of luck. A special report explores the stories and unanswered questions about lost flights over California's signature mountain range. The report includes a hike to the site of one of the more recently uncovered mysteries.
While bureaucrats and special-interest groups wrangle over deadlines, rules and money, bad air is driving people from the Valley. And those who stay – or who cannot afford to leave – risk getting sicker. Read the stories from the Fighting for Air report and explore a presentation of video, audio, motion graphics and a vehicle-pollution database.
The Bee marks 100 years since the birth of author William Saroyan, one of Fresno's greatest native citizens, with an interactive presentation that includes a previously unpublished novella, a timeline of achievements, audio clips and photos.
In 2007, Bee reporter Tracy Correa learned she had breast cancer. "Maybe I would die," she writes, remembering those first moments of discovery. "Maybe they'd have to mutilate me to save me." Follow Correa's path through acceptance and treatment, and listen to other Valley breast cancer survivors
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